What is the population of Brodhead city?

Brodhead city has 1,339 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #212 of 554 in Kentucky.

What is the median household income in Brodhead city?

Median household income in Brodhead city is $28,523 a year, 63.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brodhead city?

Median gross rent is $593 a month and the median home value is $112,500, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.

Is Brodhead city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brodhead city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brodhead, KY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brodhead, Kentucky (Brodhead, KY — Census place “Brodhead city”) is 1,339 residents, ranking #212 of 554 places in Kentucky. Median household income is $28,523, the median home is worth $112,500 and median gross rent runs $593 a month. Looking for the Brodhead Kentucky ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brodhead, KY: 40409.

Population: 1,339Brodhead city residents
Median household income: $28,523Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $112,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $593Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 44.2%Owner-occupied households

Brodhead ZIP codes (Kentucky)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brodhead.

The Brodhead KY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

40409

What the numbers mean in Brodhead city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brodhead city median would spend about 24.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 37.5% of residents and 44.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Brodhead city, KY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brodhead city is a small town in Kentucky, with 1,339 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #212 of 554 ranked by population — larger than 61% of them. The median age here is 33.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Brodhead city earn a median of $28,523 a year, 63.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 49% below the $55,469 median for the 246 Kentucky cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 37.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brodhead city is valued at $112,500, 62.9% below the national figure and 28% below the $157,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $593 a month, 57.8% below the national figure, or roughly $7,116 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 44.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Brodhead city?: Brodhead city has 1,339 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #212 of 554 in Kentucky.
What is the median household income in Brodhead city?: Median household income in Brodhead city is $28,523 a year, 63.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brodhead city?: Median gross rent is $593 a month and the median home value is $112,500, so rent absorbs about 24.9% of median household income.
Is Brodhead city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brodhead city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brodhead city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.